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The 2008 Cambridge City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

Results summary

2008 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	8	1	57.1	20	28	66.7	9,718	32.8	-0.3
	Labour	3	2	21.4	8	11	26.2	7,624	25.7	-1.4
	Conservative	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	7,410	25.0	+0.1
	Green	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	3,374	11.4	-1.3
	Independent	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	851	2.9	N/A
	Left List	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	328	1.1	N/A
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	165	0.6	-0.5
	English Democrat	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	161	0.5	N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Margaret Wright	812	41.4	+11.4
	Labour	John Durrant	645	32.9	-2.6
	Conservative	Andrew Bower	376	19.2	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Callie Leroux	129	6.6	-7.8
Majority			167	8.5	—
Turnout			1,962	31.0	+0.2
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	7.0

Arbury

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Todd-Jones	941	35.3	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rhodri James	908	34.1	-1.7
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	468	17.6	-2.7
	Green	Catherine Terry	187	7.0	-1.5
	English Democrat	Tim Hawke	161	6.0	N/A
Majority			33	1.2	—
Turnout			2,665	40.8	+3.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	0.9

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Hipkin	851	39.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Holt	707	32.4	-10.1
	Conservative	Edward MacNaghten	255	11.7	-14.1
	Labour	Sam Wakeford	225	10.3	-5.1
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	145	6.6	-9.7
Majority			144	6.6	—
Turnout			2,183	33.9	+4.1
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	24.6

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Dryden	1,247	52.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Sarah El-Neil	827	34.5	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Savid Willingham	167	7.0	-3.5
	Green	Neil Ford	157	6.5	+1.2
Majority			420	17.5	+4.4
Turnout			2,398	39.2	-0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Coleridge

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Howell	955	40.2	+8.3
	Labour	Tariq Sadiq	941	39.7	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alain Desmeir	219	9.2	-4.6
	Green	Valerie Hopkins	193	8.1	-3.1
	UKIP	Albert Watts	65	2.7	-2.4
Majority			14	0.5	—
Turnout			2,373	39.4	+3.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.3

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Liddle	777	38.4	+3.8
	Conservative	Kevin Francis	576	28.5	+0.9
	Labour	Stefan Haselwimmer	368	18.2	-3.4
	Green	Peter Pope	203	10.0	-0.7
	UKIP	Peter Burkinshaw	100	4.9	-0.5
Majority			201	9.9	+2.9
Turnout			2,024	34.5	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.5

King's Hedges

King's Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil McGovern	760	40.6	+4.7
	Labour	Gerri Bird	562	30.1	-4.9
	Conservative	Cyril Weinman	419	22.4	+2.9
	Green	James Youd	129	6.9	-2.7
Majority			198	10.6	+9.6
Turnout			1,870	33.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	4.8

Market

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bick	645	44.1	+1.7
	Conservative	Sheila Lawlor	342	23.4	+2.1
	Labour	Nick Dale	255	17.4	+2.6
	Green	Shayne Mitchell	222	15.2	-6.3
Majority			303	20.7	-0.2
Turnout			1,464	24.6	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.2

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Reid	870	50.1	+5.2
	Conservative	James Strachan	427	24.6	-1.5
	Green	Jennifer Butler	238	13.7	-2.3
	Labour	William Redfern	200	11.5	-1.6
Majority			443	25.5	+6.7
Turnout			1,735	26.9	-1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.2

Petersfield

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Bradnack	857	44.3	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Parkin	541	28.0	-6.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Newton	301	15.6	+5.4
	Green	Simon Sedgwick-Jell	236	12.2	+2.6
Majority			316	16.3	+5.8
Turnout			1,935	31.4	-7.3
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Taylor	1,250	49.9	-3.5
	Conservative	Donald Douglas	838	33.5	+3.8
	Labour	Jonathan Goodacre	233	9.3	+0.7
	Green	Martin Lawson	183	7.3	-0.9
Majority			412	16.5	-7.1
Turnout			2,504	40.9	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.7

Romsey

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Smart	791	37.2	+1.0
	Labour	Len Freeman	535	25.1	+1.9
	Left List	Tom Woodcock	328	15.4	N/A
	Conservative	Sam Barker	285	13.4	+2.3
	Green	Keith Garrett	189	8.9	-3.8
Majority			256	12.0	-1.0
Turnout			2,128	33.2	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.5

Trumpington

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Salah al-Bandar	985	45.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Peter Hase	828	38.6	+0.3
	Green	Ceri Galloway	178	8.3	-0.2
	Labour	Pamela Stacey	154	7.2	-0.7
Majority			157	7.3	+0.4
Turnout			2,145	38.7	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.2

West Chesterton

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Nimmo-Smith	969	43.2	+3.2
	Conservative	Steven Mastin	513	22.9	±0.0
	Labour	Mike Sargeant	461	20.5	±0.0
	Green	Sarah Peake	302	13.5	-3.2
Majority			456	20.3	+3.2
Turnout			2,245	37.5	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.6

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